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Origins Of Louis Leakey
724 Words - 3 Pages.... language as well as he spoke English. When he was 13, he found some ancient stone tools. After this discovery he became very intrigued by the life of early man and promised himself to learn about them. So, when he was 14, he read a book about the Stone Aged man, and he was hooked. After reading the book he began to search for, and collect these tools and classify then by the book as he found them. Leakey then knew "he would spend the rest of his life devoted towards discovering the prehistoric ancestors of humankind."
Secondly, a rugby accident also contributed to success in his field. Leakey was accepted to Cambridge University in 1922, but "numerous ....
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Caravaggio
1228 Words - 5 Pages.... a manner that could not otherwise be expressed. Likewise, the artist can imply polemic and ideological aspects of culture and society. However, the meaning cannot be fully comprehended without the context of time and circumstance. The eighteenth century painting, Death of the Virgin, will be examined, for in it depicts the Madonna as a prostitute. Ideological aspects of culture and society are suggested through this piece, however it is only through an examination of the context that the authentic and intended meaning can be determined. His stylistic and contextual values of the visual arts of this period signified cultural changes and social realism as a consequential reac ....
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King Solomon
1665 Words - 7 Pages.... his kingdom, Solomon yielded to the custom of the times and made many domestic alliances with subject races and tribes by marrying foreign women.
An able administrator, Solomon kept the kingdom of Israel largely intact, strengthened its protection, and made alliances with several surrounding nations. He united his already strong position and even extended his influence by skillful diplomacy rather than war (8). International commerce and a large copper-mining industry aided in Solomon’s wealth. Contact with other nations showed his advanced intelligence. Solomon displayed political and administrative wisdom and showed himself equal to his father by taking full advanta ....
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Shaquille O'neal
255 Words - 1 Pages.... He is also engaged and has a child.
I talked to once on the Internet at his web-site. We
talked about him signing a seven year deal with the LA Lakers. I knew him since
his second year with the Orlando Magic about four years ago.
Shaq is a professional basketball player in the NBA. He has also made
two platinum albums in which he expressed his life story. Movies that he has
been in include Blue Chips and Kazaam. Also, Shaq has contributed a lot of time
and money to donations.
Shaq has affected me in many ways. One thing that he has taught me is
that I can do anything that I want if I put my mind to it. He taught me this by
overcoming a hard childhood, moving from ....
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Martin Luther King Jr
2258 Words - 9 Pages.... of the next several pages this researcher will examine the ethic that has had such a great impact on the United State's economy and on the economies of other nations. It has been suggested by such writers as Weber and Smith that the Protestant work ethic first developed around the word "calling." Basically, this term has a religious connotation which is a task set by God. However, gradually this term was expanded to the point where it covered many of man's activities. During the Protestant Reformation, the term "calling" started to take on a new meaning. Fulfilling one's duty in worldly affairs became a task of extreme importance. gradually, fulfilling one's duty was ....
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"Perfectly Imperfect: The Shakespeare Story"
2409 Words - 9 Pages.... his status
to that of a country gentleman. He would belong to the upper class of rural
society. That was the class just under the knights and the nobility to which the
country gentleman could be promoted if he made money in trade or the law and had
influence at court. His rise in authority began the year after he was married.
He became constable of Stratford, in charge of keeping the town safe. From 1561
to 1565, he was Chamberlain, responsible for the oversight and maintenance of
Corporation of Stratford property. In 1564, his name appeared on the list of
Capital Burgesses. He was likely a member for a number of years, just without
his name on the list. Capital B ....
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Shirley Temple: Black Hollywood's Youngest Star
336 Words - 2 Pages.... movies made them feel really good inside. Shirley made
alot of money making movies and she loved acting.
When Shirley started getting older, the movies became more serious.
The audiences didn't like Shirley in these kinds of movies and she became less
popular.
Shirley liked to be competitive in everything. She decided to be
the first person in her class to become engaged. On September 19, 1945 Shirley
married John Black and 12,000 people waited outside the church to see her.
When Shirley stopped making movies, she got busy with politics.
President Nixon chose Shirley to become the U.S. Representative of the United
Nations. ....
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Sir Issac Newton
727 Words - 3 Pages.... sent to grammar
school in Grantham. Later, in the Summer of 1661, he was sent to
Trinity Collage, at the University of Cambridge. Newton received
his bachelors degree in 1665. After an intermission of nearly two
years to avoid the plague, Newton returned to Trinity, Which
elected him to a fellowship in 1667. He received his master
degree in 1668. Newton ignored much of the established curriculum
of the University to pursue his own interests: mathematics and
natural philosophy.
By joining them in what he called the Fluxional method,
Newton developed in the autumn of 1666 a kind of mathematics that
is now known as calculus. Was a new and powerful method that
carried moder ....
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